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  1. K

    Parents 7yo Level 2 Casting Mental Block

    My daughter started gymnastics about a year ago and fell in love. She did so well in her rec classes and wanted to try out for team, so we let her. She was placed level 2, and is now experiencing a mental block with casting high. She says she is afraid, but was never afraid in her rec class to...
    • kn2013
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    • block casting level level 2 mental mental block
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Gym Parent Forum
  2. G

    Parents Mental block, is it time to move on

    Gymnastics dad here, my daughter has had a mental block on ROBH for 18 months now. She will most likely have to do a 3rd year of level 4 because of this. I have had her do rec soccer and I coach her as it was my sport growing up. She scored over half our teams goals with very little technical...
  3. M

    WAG Mental Block Help

    So, I've had a solid, and powerful roundoff handspring for 2 years. I have lots of speed and power in my tumbling, and know how to control it. I started to work on my roundoff backhand-spring back tuck in January and haven't been able to do it, and now I only have two weeks until tryouts and I...
  4. CVGAgymnast

    WAG Mental Blocks

    I am 14 currently level 7 (for the third time) working towards level 8. In early November I had three level 8 routines but developed blocks. Lately I have been struggling with a beam acro series. I have always had bad mental blocks in the past but almost always on back tumbling on floor. In the...
  5. IngoFawn

    WAG Terrible Mental Block After Paralysis

    Hi, I have been doing gymnastics for 7 years now and back in early April, I sustained a really bad neck injury. For some background information, there has never been a time in my life where I was afraid to throw a skill until now. I had just finished warming up and my coach decided to have me...
  6. marsi.k

    WAG Mental Blocks

    I have started learning a toe front dismount on bars. I want to flip so bad and my coach says I could and it would look good, but my brain won't let me flip and it is really annoying. Any advice on how to get over this mental block?
  7. DTAG

    MAG Mental blocks

    Hello. I have a question or perhaps yall just can share your experience and wisdom. My son is an 8yr old lvl 5, skipped 4.1. He's been doing gymnastics for about a year and a half now. Generally speaking he picks up skills quickly. Pardon me if I get any names wrong, but, he has got his muscle...
  8. L

    Beam Mental Block

    My daughter is L7, repeating this year since she's had a mental block of backwards skills on high beam for a year and a half. Last time she did BHS successfully was L6 Regionals in April 2018. Since being back in the gym from Covid, she will do it on a lower stacked beam but terrified when...
  9. G

    WAG Roundoff Back Handspring Back Tuck Mental Block?

    So, I got my roundoff back handspring back tuck at the end of October 2019. I did really amazing ones throughout November. I was very confident with them, had tons of height and power, and they were amazing. At my inter-squad meet in November the pass was perfect! I continued doing them...
  10. Chwh103

    Vault mental block

    I am a high school gymnast who normally competes a good half on half off vault. I’ve never had any issues with vault until this year. It used to be my favorite event but now I’m terrified of it. During practice I keep running directly into the vault after hitting the springboard. I know I can do...
  11. K

    WAG Mental Block - straddle cast handstand on bars

    My daughter is becoming discouraged and frustrated and I am hoping folks here can offer some advice... She's training level 7 and still doesn't have her straddle cast to handstand. Her coaches say that for months she can do it nicely if they very lightly spot her - and they say they aren't...
  12. Flyaway

    Parents Dealing with mental block

    Is it acceptable for a parent to request that the coach be willing to spot a gymnast that is dealing with a mental block? Poor dd is struggling and she is doing everything she can to work through it. She's speaking with a sports psychologist to help with the mental side of things and is trying...
  13. G

    WAG Good LONG video talk about mental blocks, fears, anxiety etc

    I just came across this video that actually made my day. It's good stuff, mostly things that I already knew and that are repeatedly mentioned on this forum too, but you can never think about these issues too much. I want to be the coach that has the tools to help an athlete to overcome all these...
  14. EmoryT

    WAG Back Handspring On Beam Mental Block

    So I competed my back handspring on beam all season last year. I had the prettiest back handspring on my team, and I even liked doing them. But one day, I suddenly got a mental block. I didn’t think it was a big deal, but now I have had the mental block for 10 months. I can’t even do it on the...
  15. A

    WAG Mental block

    Hey guys I need to compete my backhandspring step out on beam this season and I’m just horrified of doing it! I just got home from practice and it’s always the same: I stand on the beam with my coach next to me but I just can’t do it! I tried everything, being positive thinking of success with...
  16. Vaasu

    BHS mental block

    hello everybody! I’m having a bit of trouble keeping my backhandspring. I tend to have it for a few hours consistently and then hours later I just can’t seem to do it and blank right before the skill. It’s getting very frustrating and causing loads of tears. I know I can do it and have done it...
    • Vaasu
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    • back handspring block mental mental block
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Gymnast Forum
  17. B

    Parents Apps for fears and mental blocks?

    I was wondering if my level 5 could try some type of meditation app that might exist to help with fears and mental blocks. She is hesitating and "refusing to do" backwards skills particularly on beam. Not out of defiance, just out of fear. No injury just scared. She tends to generally lack self...
  18. L

    T&T Mental Blocks

    My daughter is a high level tumbler who had an injury a few months back. Now that she's healed she still has a little of the phantom pain. In addition, because she's been away for a little while, she's tentative or scared to go back to doing whips and doubles and so forth. She has hit a real...
  19. G

    WAG Inspirational video about overcoming a mental block

    This video was very inspiring for me as a coach and I can imagine that it could give hope to gymnasts who are struggling with a mental block.
  20. trampolinemom

    Parents Mental blocks success stories?

    DS (11) is in elite trampolining and suffering from mental blocks for nearly a year now. Meanwhile he did manage to be successful in competition the year through strangely enough. In fact it was his best year ever, he almost won every competition he entered. We had weeks where he couldn't do a...

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